The heirs of Schumpeter – an insight view of students’ entrepreneurial intentions at the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics

Sascha Ruhle (), Daniel Mühlbauer (), Marc Grünhagen () and Jens Rothenstein ()
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Sascha Ruhle: Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Daniel Mühlbauer: Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Marc Grünhagen: Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensgründung und Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Jens Rothenstein: Lehrstuhl für Empirische Wirtschafts- und Sozialforschung, Bergische Universität Wuppertal

No sdp10004, Schumpeter Discussion Papers from Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library

Abstract: This working paper addresses the question which dimensions of Ajzens (1988) Theory of Planned Behavior, named attitude towards start-up, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms can be used to explain the entrepreneurial intentions of business students. Furthermore we hypotheses an influence of attendance in entre-preneurship lectures, having entrepreneurs within ones family and the cultural background as possible enhancers of entrepreneurial intentions via the dimensions of the TPB. We found not only a highly significant connection between all dimensions of Ajzens model and the entrepreneurial intention, but although evidences for an influ-ence of the individuals social and cultural background on the EI.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Intentions; Theory of planned behavior; university entrepreneurship; student survey; new firm creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45
Date: 2010-04
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